<br>The exciting news in the world of plus-size beauty is now flooding in like a torrent.

Hot on the heels of the discovery of Kelsey Olson's forthcoming campaign for the Queen Grace collection (which will be debuting at Full-Figured Fashion Week) comes a thrilling promise of timeless beauty from across the Atlantic.

As relayed by the Anna Scholz label, the breathtaking <a href="http://www.judgmentofparis.com/board/showthread.php?t=2130" target="_blank">Sophie Sheppard</a>, she of the angelic facial features and goddesslike figure (38E-36-<strong>48</strong>), the most gorgeous and curvaceous model currently in the British Isles, paid a visit to the company's offices, giving them the opportunity to release this eye-catching photograph of the Australian-born beauty in an Anna Scholz dress.<p><center><a href="http://www.judgmentofparis.com/ss/as01.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.judgmentofparis.com/ss/as01a.jpg" border="0" title="Click to enlarge" alt="Click to enlarge"></a></center><p>Could this mean that a bona fide photoshoot for Anna Scholz featuring the dazzling Miss Sheppard could be in the works? Let us hope so.

We are particularly delighted with the enthusiastic tone of the short but sweet Anna Scholz message that accompanied the image:

Stunning model Sophie came to see us :-) finally a beautiful curvy size 18 xNot only does the text rightfully deem Miss Sheppard "stunning," but it expresses <i>delight</I> in the fact that the model is a full British size 18, terming this a "beautifully curvy size," and a size that the label has specifically desired to shoot, given the "finally."

The image showcases the model's voluptuous blonde tresses, her fair eyes, her buxom decolletage, and her soft, full, rounded arms. She is the Classical ideal incarnate.<p><center><a href="http://www.judgmentofparis.com/ss/as01.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://www.judgmentofparis.com/ss/as01b.jpg" border="0" title="Click to enlarge" alt="Click to enlarge"></a></center><p>There are gorgeous models, and there are genuinely full-figured models, but only a rare few goddesses in the industry are a perfect combination of <i>both</i> qualities--and Sophie is one of those few. She would be an ideal model for Anna Scholz. Let us all cross our fingers and hope that this snapshot portends a full-fledged campaign featuring Sophie modelling the designs of this celebrated marque.

<br>In what is surely the least astonishing development that could be posted on this forum (given how much enthusiasm she has generated among plus-size-model aficionados over the past several months), Australian expat and current U.K. resident Sophie Sheppard has now been awarded both a gallery (linked below) at the Judgment of Paris and inclusion on our <a href="http://www.judgmentofparis.com/survey.htm" target="_blank">survey</a> page.

Sophie is only the second Australian talent ever to be included in our list of the world's most beautiful plus-size models, following her Bella Model Management colleague Hayley B.

Be sure to cast a vote for Sophie if you believe this princess to be the proverbial "fairest of them all."

2011 has, among other things, been the year of the Australian plus-size model, with no less than three girls (including Alexandra Newton) at Bella Models making dramatic impressions on the public, along with celebrated work emerging from Sakina Czubowski and Tenille Roberts at BGM Models.

Now with Milk Management while she is in England, we wish Miss Sheppard every success. With her curvaceous 38D-36-48 measurements, she is a rare example of a genuinely full-figured model in the U.K, and is certainly the most attractive goddess currently residing in Europe.

Everyone's dream Anna Scholz/Sophie Sheppard shoot might be just around the corner! The Anna Scholz Clothing Facebook page just posted an image of Sophie in the makeup chair being prepped for a product shoot.